Marko Martinjak is one of the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet of gloveless fight within the eyes of many, and he goals to writer the following triumphant chapter in his story this weekend. Martinjak will defend his bridgerweight belt, and the person who lately relinquished his tremendous cruiserweight crown will purpose to halt Ike Villanueva within the headliner of BKB 51 on Saturday, February twenty first.
The BKB bridgerweight champ has signed a contract extension with BKB and has been preventing for 10 years below the previous BKB regime. Since BKB 1, Martinjak has fought for the corporate, and this was below the prior tenure of the corporate. A time earlier than the acquisition piece from the previous BYB, which is now BKB Naked Knuckle Boxing at the moment.
Martinjak is a multi-weight champion below the previous BKB regime in addition to a present-day BKB titleholder and can battle somebody vying to turn into a multi-division BKB champ in their very own proper. Former BKB heavyweight champion Ike Villanueva is the combatant in query, and when giving a few of his ideas on the machinations of the matchup, Martinjak mentioned [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“I knew it since Jarome [Hatch] fought Ike [Villanueva]. After they introduced that struggle, I knew that the winner gonna struggle me as a result of Ike was first and Jarome was second on the rating checklist. So, I wasn’t very, very stunned when Ike beat Hatch. For me, that wasn’t the struggle of the evening of that evening. It was very boring struggle. Ike made it very boring. He leaned on Jarome and he couldn’t end the man who had just one hand. As a result of I talked to Jarome after the struggle. He mentioned to me that he broke his hand within the first spherical.”
“So in case you say that he’s excessive caliber fighter then I don’t know in case you’re sufficient educated to say that as a result of within the three fights with me and Jarome, I put him down eight occasions. Sure, within the first struggle I obtained knocked out however I knock him down two occasions. Second struggle, I beat him and in third struggle, I rip him aside. In each struggle, Jarome was 10 kilos heavier than me.”
“So once we fought 88.5 kilos, I used to be 89, he was 99. So once we struggle 93, he was like 100 kilos. So for me, Ike is simply one other one other step to the greatness. So I don’t assume that he’s on my degree. I believe that no one in my class is on my degree and I’ll show that once more and all people going to see that subsequent Saturday.”
When requested if he was utilizing Hatch as a comparability framework, relative to how each BKB 51 headliners carried out in opposition to him, to articulate why he’s not impressed with the ex-UFC vet Villanueva, Martinjak acknowledged [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“Yeah, hear, you’re nearly as good as your final struggle. So in case you; Okay, he obtained two wins in a row. I’ve seven wins in a row with six first spherical KOs. If you happen to’re going to go along with the skilled boxing and excessive boxing, I’m proper now with 11 fights, 11 wins, and 10 of them was within the first spherical. So, I’m not fearful of him. So, if he thinks that due to his measurement and his power that he thinks that he’s going to beat me due to that, I’m fairly positive it wouldn’t beat the very fact as a result of I’m very sturdy.”
“I had surgical procedure 4 months in the past for metacarpal bone in my finger and I can let you know that I after two weeks after surgical procedure I went to my gymnasium. All people thought that I’m loopy however I knew I’ve a title to protection. I need to struggle within the London. That is my fifth time to struggle in O2. I had 4 fights, 4 victories, and now it’s going to be my fifth struggle, and it’s going to be my fifth victory.”
Marko Martinjak goals to be remembered a century from now for his bare-knuckle boxing prowess
All through the BKB chat on Naked Knuckle Bowker, the Croatian combatant steadily used the phrasing about ‘taking steps in the direction of greatness’.
When requested what that in the end seems prefer to him by way of a sure set of targets or a selected sequence of happenings that may resemble absolutely actualizing his potential, Marko Martinjak quipped [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],
“What we do in life echoes in eternity. So in 100 years, once I’m going to be lifeless, they may within the historical past will keep in mind that Marko Martinjak was multi-weight champion of the world. So that’s the function of this what I’m doing. No, my title goes to be remembered.”
